It's simply hard to rattle a guy who has been starting since his sophomore year. He's naturally cool, calm and collected, and that's never more apparent than when he fields questions from reporters like us.

It's going to take more than a perceivably slow start to his senior season to get him rattled.

Through four games, Lester has 11 tackles, 1.5 sacks and no interceptions. Six other Alabama players already have an interception.

“I’m
here to do my job, eliminate as many mental errors as possible, communicating
with the other players, putting them into position to make plays," Lester said. "Teams game
plan to go away from certain players. That’s out of my hands. But there are
other players on the field, and if they are in the right spot, they’ll make the
plays.”

It's probably a good time to mention that we wrote a story about how many Alabama players have misleading individual stats one-third of the way into the season.

Nick Sabancame to Lester's defense last week, saying that he was a better player now than when he intercepted an SEC-best eight passes during his sophomore season.

"Robert really does his job well, he's a leader in the
secondary," Saban said. "I've never heard him get frustrated or show any
disappointment or displeasure or anything like that."

Lester was asked if he was having the senior season he envisioned. He said what his coach would expect him to say.

"Well,
yes," he said. "I think our defense has done a great job so far. We’ve given up a total of
only 21 points. You can’t ask for anything more.”

Check out the rest of what Lester had to say Monday in the video at the top of the page.